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Commentary (films not included). Pages: 26. Chapters: Wag the Dog,
Rain Man, Bugsy, Good Morning, Vietnam, The Natural, Young Sherlock
Holmes, Sphere, Man of the Year, Disclosure, Toys, What Just
Happened, Sleepers, Liberty Heights, Envy, Bandits, Avalon, Diner,
Tin Men, PoliWood, You Don't Know Jack, An Everlasting Piece, Jimmy
Hollywood. Excerpt: The Natural is a 1984 film adaptation of
Bernard Malamud's 1952 baseball novel of the same name, directed by
Barry Levinson and starring Robert Redford. The film, like the
book, recounts the experiences of Roy Hobbs, an individual with
great "natural" baseball talent, spanning decades of Roy's success
and his suffering. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards,
including Best Supporting Actress (Glenn Close), and nominated for
a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kim Basinger).
Many of the baseball scenes were filmed in Buffalo, New York's War
Memorial Stadium, built in 1937 and demolished a few years after
the film was produced. Buffalo's All-High Stadium stood in for
Chicago's Wrigley Field in a key scene. It was the first film
produced by TriStar Pictures. Roy Hobbs is a child, playing
baseball with his father on the family farm. Roy's father dies
suddenly while Roy is still young, collapsing under a tree. That
tree is split in half by lightning, and young Roy carves a baseball
bat from it, on which he burns the image of a lightning bolt and
the label Wonderboy. In 1923, a 19-year old Hobbs (Robert Redford)
is granted a tryout by the Chicago Cubs as a pitcher. The train to
Chicago makes a stop at a carnival and Roy is challenged to strike
out "The Whammer" (..".a thinly disguised version of Babe Ruth")
(Joe Don Baker), the top hitter in the major leagues. He does so in
front of many people, including a sportswriter named Max Mercy
(Robert Duvall), who draws a picture of ...